03-26-2023, 10:47 AM
(03-25-2023, 11:34 PM)Baez87 Wrote:(03-25-2023, 08:40 PM)Jskass Wrote: Still in Seattle and have to admit was pleased to see UConn lose, though that meant cheering for the OSU. Pleasant surprise is VaTech. Team gels really well. Nice people too - staying at their hotel and just conversed w various parents. Amoore PG was stupendous and Kitley no slouch! And unfazed by TN when they got aggressive and crossed the line (find the video of their player 4 punching VT number 13 - refs asleep).Thanks for sharing this clip. I’m not sure that this egregious infraction of basketball rules and of human decency is punishable now that the game is over and the team of the offending party is probably on its way home, but this needs to be dealt with in some manner. I’ve never seem someone mugged quite like lhis in a basketball game. Walker, #4, needs to stand accountable for this act, even to the extent of someone pressing charges against her. Just horrible!
Here is the video - makes me wish Missy had been there to go to the monitor as this is ejection worthy:
https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/35949945
"Egregious infraction of basketball rules and human decency" is well put. To me, this goes way beyond a basketball infraction. The Tennessee player could have been seriously hurt. This was a case of assault. Simply and totally unacceptable. Game being over isn't relevant to whether charges could be brought, but that's up to law enforcement. Unlikely that anything will happen there. But at the very least, coach Harper should show this clip to her players and make it clear that this is NOT acceptable, by anyone at any time. Unfortunately, #4, Jordan Walker, is a grad transfer, so there are probably no penalties re the team that Harper could impose for next season.
